Ironing-board.



PATBNTED MAY 5, 190s.

P, R. FIEBKE'. IRONING BOARD. APPLIOATION FILED un. zo, 1907.

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FREDERICK R. FIEBKE, OF NEILLSVILLE, WISCONSIN.

IRONING-BOARD.

Speccationvof Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Appiieation mea April 2o, 1907. Serial No. 369,309.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK R. FIEBKE, a citizen of the United. Statesof America, residing at Neillsville, in the county of Clark and State ofI/Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inIroning-Boards, of which the following is a specification.-

This invention relates to ironing boards, and one of the principalobjects of the same is to provide an ironing board pivotally connectedto a table so that the ironing board can be folded and swung in underthe table top out of the way.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ironing board withsuitable braces which can be doubled up and -folded with the board, andto provide a table to which the ironing board is pivoted, said tablebeing provided with suitable sliding drawers for containing variousarticles, and the entire board being foldable to swing underneath thetop of the table.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the Yconstructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1. is a side elevation of an ironing board and table made inaccordance with my invention, the table being shown partly broken awayto illustrate the interior construction, and the ironing board beingshown in dotted lines folded in position for swinging the same under thetable top. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the top of the tableremoved, and showing the ironing board folded in dotted lines and swunginto a compartment under the table top. Fig. 3 is an end view of thesame. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the pin for holding the ironing boardin place.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of theinvention, the numeral 1 designates a table provided with drawers 2, 3,which slide into one side of the table and may be utilized forcontaining various articles about a kitchen, a drawer 4 being arrangedto slide at right angles to the drawers 2 and 3 underneath the top 5 ofsaid table. A partition 6 is provided with an aperture 7 therein, and asupporting bar 8 connected to said partition by means of a spring hinge9 of ordinary construction which normally holds the bar S in a verticalposition.

The member 10 of the ironing board is pivotally connected to a pin 11which extends from the partition 6 to the table top 5, said member 10having a sliding connection upon the pin 11, andl the inner end of saidmember 1() having a rabbet 12 which is engaged by the upper end of thebar 8 when the ironing board is withdrawn. A pin 13 is connected to theironing board 1() and when the board is raised said pin catches into ahole on the underside of the table top. One corner 14 of the ironingboard member 10 is rounded so that vwhen the same is folded, it may beswung on the pin 11 underneath the top 5 of the table, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 2.

Hinged to the section 10 of the ironing board, by means of a three-leafhinge 15, is the outer ironing board section 10a, and hinged to thesection 10EL are the spaced legs 16,\the hinge 17 being shown in Fig. 1.Said legs are provided with a transversely extending brace 18 providedwith feet 19. Pivotally connected upon a pin 20 which connects the legs16 is a pair of links 21, 22, said links being held in a centralposition between the legs by means of sleeves 23. Pivotally connected tothe link 21 is a pair of brace bars 24, which fit into notches 25 in thelower side of the member 10 of the ironing board. These brace barsdiverge like the brace bars 29. The brace bars 24 are pivoted at 26 tothe link 21, and the ends of the bars 24 are provided with a notch 27which engages a stop pin 28 on the link 21. Pivotally connected to thelink 22 is a pair of diverging brace bars 29 pivoted at their upperends, as at 30, to a bracket 81 secured underneath the ironing boardsection 10a. The bars 29 are pivoted at 32 to the link 22, and are alsoprovided with notches 33 which engage a stop pin 34 to hold the bracesin operative position.

The operation of my invention may be brieily described as follows: Whenthe ironing board is in the full line position of Fig. 1, and it isdesired to fold and inclose the board under the table top 5, the link 22and the bars 29 are pushed upward to inclose the link 22 between thebars 29, and to move the legs 16 toward the left until they swingagainst the member 10a of the ironing board, the braces 24 being swungupon the pivot pin 26 to lie underneath and between the legs 16, andsaid parts are then swung upon the hinge 15 to the dotted line positionin Fig. 1. By then withdrawing the dowel pin 13, the ironing board canbe swung upon the pin 11, the bar 8 being then closed down flush withthe top surface of the partition 6 in the aperture 7, thus permittingthe .mem-

ber 10 to fall upon the pin 11 to come in contact with the partition 6and allow the entire folded ironing board to swing in under the tabletop 5, and between the top and the partition 6.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that an ironing board and tablemade in accordance with my invention is of comparatively simpleconstruction; that the ironing board is folded and swung under the tabletop out of the Way, and can be quickly Withdrawn and set up for use; andthat the table can be usedfor various purposes around a kitchen.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim isi 1. An ironingboard and table, said table having a partition under the table top, asupporting bar provided with a spring hinge for normally holding saidbar in a vertical position, said partition provided with an aperture topermit said bar to be swung ydown vflush with the upper ,surfacethereof, and an ironing board member pivoted to a pin under the Vtabletop, said. ironing board being supported `by .the bar in operativeposition, and adapted to swing lunder the table top on said pin.

2. An ironing board and table comprising a table having a partitionunder the top,

ysaid partition being provided with an aperture, a bar connected to saidpartition by a spring hinge and said bar adapted to swing into theaperture, a pin connected to the table top and partition, an ironingboard member pivoted upon the pin and adapted to slide thereon, an outerironing board member hinged to the pivoted member, and

y provided with a recess underneath the top thereof, said ironing boardbeing pivotally connected to said table, a supporting bar for one end ofsaid board, and a pin for holding said board in operative position,substan# tially as described.

In testimony whereof. I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. R. FIEBKE. I/Vitnesses:

HOMER C. CLARK, A. CJMARTIN.

